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Are There Risks to Conducting International Business in USD? (Part 1 of 2)

30-07-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | American corporations often transact their international business in USD because they believe it eliminates FX risk. Unfortunately, this is a false sentiment. When it comes to international business, American companies have a global advantage. The U.S. dollar (USD) serves as the world’s reserve currency. This has created a global […]

Rent a Treasurer – Joint Venture treasuryXL & Treasurer Search

| 29-07-2020 | treasuryXL | Pieter de Kiewit Organisations with treasury exposure, without the expertise. The ones of you who know me longer, know this is one of my favourite hobby horses. For a longer period of time I have been tinkering with many plans to help the aforementioned organisations. This led to contributions to […]

Meet our Experts – Arnaud Béasse

28-07-2020 | Arnaud Béasse | treasuryXL Welcome to the 10th and last (for now) interview of the ‘Meet the Expert’ series. This time we interviewed our brand new Expert Arnaud Béasse. Arnaud is founder of the advisory firm Arts+Brands and an expert in Debt Management. He started his career as Regional Financial Controller, cumulating the […]

Planning a Large Purchase? Tips for Saving

23-07-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | When there’s a lot you need to save, it can seem daunting, and you might not know where to start. We want to help you with your savings plan. Most of our purchases are pretty mundane. Think about the purchases you’ve made this week. They were probably more along […]

Meet our Experts – Vincenzo Masile

21-07-2020 | Vincenzo Masile | treasuryXL Welcome to interview #9 of the ‘Meet the Expert” series. This time we interviewed our Expert and Treasury Specialist Vincenzo Masile. He is an experienced international finance manager who lived and developed his career in Italy, The United Kingdom, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Currently, he lives in Amsterdam, and […]

Cultural differences and Trade Finance

| 20-07-2020 | Ger van Rosmalen | treasuryXL What do Trade Finance and Cultural Differences have in common? If you want to do business internationally, it is important to understand which risks you could encounter. These are not only payment or transport risks, but certainly also communication risks This blog is in Dutch language. Over […]

5 Signs Your Budget Needs a Rethink

16-07-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | We’ve all got some sort of a budget. Whether you’re the type to keep an immaculate record of every bit spent down to the last cappuccino or you prefer to keep a more general list of priorities for each paycheck, everyone has some kind of methodology for how they […]

Blockchain and Interoperability: key to mass adoption

| 13-07-2020 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL Blockchain‘s  potential for improving business processes, providing transactional transparency and security in the value chain, and reducing operational costs is obvious for many. Notwithstanding this the expected mass adoption failed to happen up till now. What has been holding blockchain back? In fact, there have been several […]

Going Cash-Free: Is it Right for You?

09-07-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | Let’s try something. Reach out to your friends, family, or roommates and ask if anyone has $50 they could loan you. Did anyone have that much money on them? Or did they say that they needed to go to the bank, or ask if they could electronically transfer you […]

Accounting for FX; the Do’s and Don’ts

08-07-2020 | Niki van Zanten Let’s start by mentioning a phrase that I hear regularly and, to be honest, also use myself: ‘I am not an accountant, but…..’. The urge to mention this phrase (usually targeted to an accountant while having an ‘I know it better’ attitude), can perhaps be traced back to the following […]